what really annoys me about the movie
Those who claim it is a classic or a masterpiece, I just don't get it.
Granted, it is entertaining, but there are so many things that for me disqualifies the movie as a great movie:
1) the scenario is unrealistic. First of all, no way that any school would have made such a public hearing for such an affair, and no way that the students would have been interested in the matter (but the film makes it look like all the students are so passionate about that affair, and when charlie wins, you can even see the students jumping for joy at the exit). Then, the blind man was way out of line and wouldn't have been granted as much speech time as he was, especially considering that he was threatening the school. In real life, it isn't about how loud you speak or how many "f.ck" you can place in a sentence that gives you credibility. Finally, no way the disciplinary comity would have taken a decision on the spot based on how enthusiastic students were towards the colonel's speech. Are we forgetting that there was damage of property and that it is absolutely normal to expect and demand compliance from material witnesses? So what are the principles the school should be built on? that student camaraderie is more important than compliance with the school rules or the law? Whether you agree or not, the discipline comity bears its name well: it is there to apply DISCIPLINE, and that is exactly what it would have done in real life.
2) the characters are stereotyped. Too much emphasis on the fact that the colonel is blind. The scene that made me cringe is when he crossed the street without waiting, and he ends up tripping and falling in a garbage can or something (rolling my eyes). So if he is blind he can't be anything else? I found there was such little finesse in the creation of the characters. So he is blind and he is loud, and rude and annoying (in real life no one could have stood 5 minutes around a man like this). I felt it was acting withing acting. The character itself was playing a role. Didn't feel right to me.
3) the ending is so cliché.
- the man ends up with the woman in the end. They just HAD to give it a complete happy ending. Like 90% of all american movie, the hero DESERVES a woman, so the colonel right after his victorious speech, has to come back home with a woman, or at least with the promise of a woman.
- happy colonel becomes happy grandaddy. So you've been neglecting your grandson and granddaughter all this time, and now you talk about hot chocolate with marshmallows, while your new pal Charlie tenderly watches from afar (yawn).
4) what is the morale, the values of the movie? Be true to yourself (don't you be a snitch against a bunch of ungrateful criminal spoiled brats even if you lose your chance of Harvard!)? life is worth living even if you're a handicap person (Charlie opens up the eyes of the colonel to the beautiful flowers of life, like a blind person can't be happy or find happiness on its own??)?
Im a queen b!tch!